A Soliloquy for Cassandra

A princess of Troy and sister to Hector and Paris, Cassandra had the ability to foresee the future though the god Apollo made sure nobody believed her. She predicted the defeat of Troy, and warned her townspeople that the great wooden horse left behind at the end of the war was full of Greeks. They didnt believer her, of course, and took the horse into the city. The sack of Troy followed, and Cassandra, seeking refuge in Athenas temple, was the one who survived and saw the end of her family and city.

This movie is a tribute to "A Soliloquy for Cassandra" author, great poet, Wislawa Szymborska, the 1996 Nobel Prize winner.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Cassandra
• Troy
• Illad
• Homer
• Szymborska
• Nobel
• Prize
• poetry

[freelancer1912]

Beautiful. I was unhappy that Cassandra wasn't in the movie Troy.

[Nmenosine]

thanks for honnoring her